2016 A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF HAWAII’S EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY

Jan Mar MayFeb JunMcKinley High students andfaculty honor one of its mostaccomplished alumni bydedicating its library to Sen.Daniel K. Inouye.

Waipahu High scienceteacher MichaelSana, right, is pre-sented the presti-gious Milken Edu-cator Award and$25,000.

Hawai‘i P-20 data reveal a four-point increase in stu-dents earning dual creditsvia the Early College pro-gram, comparing the Classof ’15 & the Class of ’13.

HIDOE wins key grants:An Assessment for LearningProject grant to the Office ofHawaiian Education to designa culturally accurate assess-ment of student success, anda New Skills for Youth plan-ning grant to develop a com-prehensive statewide careerreadiness action plan.

“Always be student-centered.”— retiring LMW Supt. John Brummel

Kaimukī High students con-duct important research theUniversity of Hawai‘i’sStream BioassessmentProtocol to assess thehealth of Palolo Stream andthe Ala Wai Watershed.

The Hawai‘i State Board of Education (BOE)

approves the adoption ofNext Generation Science Standards.

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Moloka‘i celebrated the com-pletion of a hybrid solar airconditioning project (33units, 18 classrooms) organ-ized by 6th grader LeonaheCrivello in partnership withNextEra Energy Hawai'i andMaui Electric Company.

Kailua High opens a state ofthe art Natural Science Lab.

Waimea High PrincipalMahina Anguay wins theMasayuki Tokioka Excellencein School Leadership Award.

4 Supt. Kathryn Matayoshi andHiroshima Supt. Kuniaki Shi-mozaki sign a Statement ofIntent on Education Coop-eration to build on an exist-ing Sister-State relationshipand focus on educating forglobal competence.

The Annual Finan-cial Audit for theprior fiscal yearshows HIDOEcontinues tobe responsiblein oversight ofits funds.

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Stevenson Middle dedicatesa two-story Science &Technology Center withthree labs for Physics, Biol-ogy and Earth & Space sci-ence classes, and twoSTEM labs that can be con-verted into a large room withan observation deck for spe-cial events or competitions.

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President Obama honorsHawai‘i’s Eliza AkanaYoshida, Stan Mesina, AliciaNakamitsu and Bryan Silverwith the PresidentialAward for Excellence inMathematics and ScienceTeaching.

Annual ACT results showmore Hawai‘i public schoolgraduates are meeting col-lege readiness benchmarks,up two points in math, onepoint in English and Science.

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SepEmployee, Manager andTeam of the Year: LowellKalani Spencer, FrancisSanta Monica, the WindwardDistrict Office Autism Team. Noelani El and Helemano Elare named National BlueRibbon Schools for growingacademic excellence andmaking progress in closingthe achievement gap.Hawai‘i’s public school stu-dents exceed the nation ingains on the AdvancedPlacement exam.

4 The U.S. Department of Education awards grants tothree states includingHawai‘i to improve data

collection of Asian Ameri-can Pacific Islander

students and to helpidentify effectivepractices to closeachievement andopportunity gapsthrough data

analysis.

4Washington Middle mathteacher Sung Man Park,below, is namedHawai‘i’s2017 StateTeacherof theYear.

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In preparation for the WorldOceans Day gathering atthe United Nations in NewYork, Supt. Matayoshi andapprentice navigator JennaIshii meet with students andeducators who presentedmessages of Mālama

Honua to deliver tomaster navigator

Nainoa Thomp-son. Pictured:Matayoshi andThompson atthe UN.

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The BOE adopts the up-dated Strategic Plan. Thestudent-centered plan willguide HIDOE from 2017-20.HIDOE and UH-Manoa’sCollege of Engineeringenter into a formal partner-ship to create a college-fo-cused pathway for highschool students. HIDOE and the Hawaii Dental Association joinforces to provide oralhealth services for stu-dents who need it.

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